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Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Kent by William Berry published 1830 - pp. 14; 382

Name

Date & Parish/Area

Father

Mother

Source

Absalom Best, farm labourer

M

b: 1805 to 1810 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Isfield, Sussex

F

b: 1886 Parish of Mayfield, Sussex

Mayfield Parish Registers

F

b: 1855 County of Suffolk

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

F

b: 1867 Parish of Tonbridge, Kent

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

M

b: 1873 Parish of Forest Row, Sussex

Henry Best, labourer

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

M

b: c 1800

Withyham Parish Registers

M

b: 1834 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

M

b: 1835 Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

Joseph Best, farm labourer

Philadelphia Best [Ashby]

Judith Parr's research

Alfred Best, farmer

M

b: 1835 Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

1881 Census
Fletching, Sussex

M

b: 1858 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

Charlotte Best [Brown]

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

M

b: 17^th Dec 1873 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

Rotherfield Parish Registers

M

b: 1878 Parish of Hadlow Down, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

Eridge Parish Registers

M

b: 1885 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

James Best, farmer

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

M

b: 1898 Parish of Crowborough, Sussex

Owen Best, grocer's stockkeeper (porter)

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

Alfred Enoch Best

M

b: c 1900

Colin Hobbs' research

F

b: 1841 County of Norfolk

1881 Census
Penshurst, Kent

F

b: 1876 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Alice Best [Harman]

F

b: 10^th Nov 1890 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
d: 10^th Apr 1968

Samuel Harman, carpenter

Sarah Edith Harman [Kent]

Alice Elizabeth Best

F

b: 1876 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Alice Homewood [Best]

F

b: c 1565

East Grinstead Marriage Registers

Alice Turner [Best]

F

b: 1854 Parish of Limpsfield, Surrey

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Amelia Jane Best [Hobbs]

F

b: 1903 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

David James Hobbs

Elizabeth Emily Hobbs [Penfold]

Colin Hobbs' research

M

b: 1888 Parish of Ringmer, Sussex

James Best, farmer

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

M

b: c 1790

Private Groombridge contribution

Angela Stevenson [Best]

F

b: 1843 Parish of Cuckfield, Sussex
d: 8^th Apr 1918 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

1881 Census
Fletching, Sussex

F

b: c 1730

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1754 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1775 Parish of Isfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

F

b: 1820 to 1825 County of Sussex

James Best, innkeeper

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

F

b: 20^th Feb 1822 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1829 Parish of Chiddingstone, Kent

1881 Census
Chiddingstone, Kent

Ann Best, farmer

F

b: 1841 Parish of Crowborough, Sussex

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

F

b: 1846 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Obadiah Best, farm labourer

Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]

Withyham Parish Registers

Ann Best [King]

F

b: 1810 Parish of Barcombe, Sussex

Barcombe Parish Registers

Ann Best [Mills]

F

b: 1841 Parish of Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex

IGI - Family Search
Batch M14835-3

Ann Best [Pearless]

F

b: 1779 Parish of Speldhurst, Kent
d: 4^th Feb 1860 Parish of Eridge Green, Sussex

Speldhurst Parish Registers

Ann Eade [Best]

F

b: 1823
d: May 1844 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

Ann Post [Best]

F

b: 1812 Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex

1851 Census
Hartfield, Sussex

Ann Wilmshurst [Best]

F

b: 1800 Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

George Best, farmer

Ann Best [Pearless]

Speldhurst Parish Registers

F

b: 1810 to 1815 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Fletching, Sussex

F

b: 1820 to 1825 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Fletching, Sussex

F

b: 8^th Aug 1864 Parish of Hadlow Down, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

Eridge Parish Registers

Anne Best [Stevenson]

F

b: 30^th Jun 1816 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

James Stevenson, bargeman

Elizabeth Stevenson [Bateman]

Fletching Parish Registers

Anne Groombridge [Best]

F

b: 1788 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Sarah Best [Weller]

Withyham Parish Registers

Anne Langridge [Best]

F

b: 1614

Fletching Marriage Registers

F

b: 1865 County of Norfolk

1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

F

b: 1859 Parish of Tonbridge, Kent

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

Anne Mary Fleet [Best]

F

b: 1819 Parish of Piddinghoe, Sussex

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1806 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Henry Best, farm bailiff

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1859 County of Somerset

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Annie Harriett Best

F

b: 1867 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Alfred Best, farmer

Elizabeth Best [Dadswell]

1881 Census
Fletching, Sussex

Annie Killick [Best]

F

b: 1866 Parish of Tonbridge, Kent

1891 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

Annie Louisa Best

F

b: 1871 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

George James Best, beerhouse keeper

Mary Ann Best [Poste]

1881 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

Arthur Best, painter

M

b: 1843 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

M

b: 1859 Parish of Hadlow, Kent

James Best, farm labourer

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

M

b: 1870 Parish of Gravesend, Kent

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

M

b: 1873 Parish of Tonbridge, Kent

1881 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

M

b: 1887 Parish of Langton Green, Kent

James Best, farmer

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

F

b: c 1945

Joseph Harry Best

Caroline Awcock [Best]

F

b: 1823 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1826 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, labourer

Elizabeth Best [Ridley]

Maresfield Parish Registers

F

b: 1831 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1833 Parish of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

F

b: 1871 Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex

William Best, gardener and groom

1881 Census
Wadhurst, Sussex

Caroline Sarah Tester [Best]

F

b: 1846 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, carrier

Harriett Best [Osborne]

Maresfield Parish Registers

Catherine Best [Marchant]

F

b: 1870

Sussex Parish Registers

F

b: 1823 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

Charles Best, labourer

M

b: 1836 County of Oxfordshire

1881 Census
Brasted, Kent

Charles Best, coachman domestic servant

M

b: 1854 County of Middlesex

1881 Census
Cranbrook, Kent

M

b: 1862 County of Bedfordshire

1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Charles Henry Best

M

b: 1890 County of Middlesex

1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Charles William Best

M

b: 1879 County of Middlesex

Charles Best, coachman domestic servant

Emma Annie Best

1881 Census
Cranbrook, Kent

Charlotte Best [Brown]

F

b: 1831 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Brown, farmer

Hannah Brown [Relfe]

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

Cicely (Crosby) Best

F

b: 1881 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

Rotherfield Parish Registers

Cicely Bonniface [Best]

F

b: 1844 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Joseph Best, farm labourer

Philadelphia Best [Ashby]

1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Clara Emma Best

F

b: 1855 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

1881 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

F

b: c 1920

F

b: 1865 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

Charlotte Best [Brown]

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1838 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

Dorcas Brooman [Best]

F

b: 1837

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1893 Parish of Nuthurst, Sussex

George James Best, beerhouse keeper

Jane Best [Holmes]

Kathleen Hilborn's research

Dorothy Emily Best

F

b: 1891 Parish of Westerham, Kent

Forest Best, coachman

Penelope Shephard Best

1891 Census
Westerham, Kent

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